Crypt.



J. H. STEWART.

CRYPT.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.20, i914.

1,148,200. Patented July 27, 1915.

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JAMES H. STEWART, YORK, PENNSYLVANIA.

GRYPT.

Original application tiled une 18, 1914, Serial No. 845,979.

Specification of Letters Patent.

1atented Juif/27, 1915.

Divided and this application filed November 20, 1914. Serial No. 873,200.

T0 all whom t muy concern Be it known that 1, JAMES H. STEWART, a citizen of the United States, and resident of York, county of York, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Crypts, of which the following is a speciiication.

My invention relates to a mausoleum designed to care for a'number of bodies in which the crypts or Catacombs are placed within a building in vertical tiers one on top of the other and these tiers arranged side by side about corridors in the building.

The general arrangement of tiers varies to conform to various floor plans of the inclosing building. The front ends of the crypts or catacombe usually front on the corridor or passageway and the tiers are supported above thc grade line so as to allow a space in the building below the crypts for a general air chamber and'this lower air chamber is supplied with .fresh air by inlet vents placed in the outer wall of the building. At the rear of the crypt tiers a series of flues is placed one fluefor each crypt in the tier. These flues lead from the lower fresh air chamber up and along the rear of the crypt 'tiers to an upper air chamber placed immediately over the crypt tiers and between the crypt tiers and the roo-f of the building. The upper air chamber is supplied with roof ventilators which will permit the air to circulate from the bottom chamber to the top chamber and finally out of the structure. These individual flues pass from the bottom chamber to the top chamber and each crypt is connected to its particular liuc by an opening or openings placed at the rear of the crypt. As the air circulates through these lues it will exercise a constant pull on the air and acts within the crypt by way of their connection, thereby constantly drawing the gases, moisture, etc., out of the crypt. The gases, moisture, etc., are withdrawn from the crypts by the circulation of the air through the rear crypt openings and upwardly through the ilue at the rear.

This application constitutes a division of my application, Serial No. 845,97 9, filed June 18, 19111.

One of the objects of' my invention is to provide an improved front construction for the crypt.

Another object is to provide a crypt construction, the interior of which may be conveniently and thoroughly disinfected from the front of the same.

The above and other objects and the novel features of my invention will be apparent from tl e following description, taken in connection with the drawings, in which,

Figure 1 is a vertical cross section through a part of the building and showing a tier of crypts therein in section; Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing a group of crypts; Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view along the line 3 3 of Fig. 4, part being broken away at the center and showing a crypt constructed according to my invention; Fig. l is a hori- Zontal section of a crypt taken on the line 'l-Ll of Fig. 3.

Referring to the drawing, each crypt or catacomb A comprises a box-like casting of cement, concrete or other suitable material with the top wall 10, the bottom wall 11, the side walls 12 and 13 and the rear end wall 1st cast in one mass without joints. The crypt is rectangular in transverse and longitudinal cross se tion and has the bands 15 and 16 cast integral with the four walls 10, 11, 12 and 13 at the front and rear ends to form a. bearing surface when the crypts are placed one on top of the other in vertical tiers and side by side. The bands 15 and 16 of the adjacent crypts abut against one another separating the crypts from each other on all four sides and forming air spaces 17 entirely around each crypt except at the bearing points.

The rear end wall 111 of the crypt is considerably thicker than the side and top and bottom walls and has a series of iiues 18 formed therein. The iues extend parallel to the shorter side of the crypt and are formed as a part of the solid crypt casting. The number of iiues 18 is governed by the number of crypts which are to be placed in each vertical tier of crypte. 1f the tiers are five high there will be live flues so that when the crypts are placed in position one on top of the other the liues of the superposed crypts will register and each crypt will have a separate and distinct flue leading from the bottom air chamber 20 to the top air chamber 21, in the building 22 which incloses the crypts. The top air chamber 21 has an outlet 23 through the roof of the building 22. The air spaces 20 and 21 at the bottom and top respectively serve as general air spaces for a plurality of tiers of crypts, the air being admitted to the bottom air space 2O from the outside of the building. As shown in Figs. 1, 3 and 1 each crypt has a connection 24 at the bottom which leads from the interior of the crypt to the particular flue 25 of the crypt and another opening 26 directly above the opening 211 and at the top of the crypt, which opening 26 connects the interior of the crypt at the top with the flue 25. The remaining flues in the section in which the connections 2% and 26 are located will have no connection with the said crypt but will form portions of l'lues for other crypts. The other crypts in the tier will have similar connections with their respective i'lues to those shown at 24 and 26. The gases, moisture, etc., within the crypt are drawn olf through these openings or connections from the crypt to the flue by the continuous circulation of air from the bottom to the top through the iiue. A part of the fresh air rising upwardly through the flue will pass through the crypt and a part will rise vertically directly through the flue causing a draft and partial vacuum from the openings in the crypt and withdrawing gases and moisture.

Each end wall 14 also has a series of smaller vertical passageways 27 extending therethrough parallel to the flues 1S. The passageways 27 each register with a similar opening in the crypt immediately above and directly below it, whereby continuous ducts are formed. These ducts or passageways 27 are separately connected with the successive crypts in the tier by means of the outlets 2S which lead from the lower rear end of the crypt into the passageways 27 to drain the crypt, the crypt having a slight pitch to the rear. The drain passageways 27 lead from the crypts to a drain chamber below the building. It will thus be seen that when the crypt tiers are in position each crypt will have a separate and distinct drain. Suitable means may be supplied for providing joints between the fines 1S of the superposed crypts and also between the superposed drainage passageways.

The front of the crypt is designed to be permanently sealed after the body has been placed therein. A rabbet-or shoulder 29 is formed at the front end when the crypt is cast. A metal sheet or shield 30 is placed in front so as to rest against the rabbet or shoulder 29. The sheet or shield 30 is perforated in the manner of metal lath for the purposes of plastering or building up and permanently bonding thereto a crypt or cement slab 31 facing on the outer side of the metal shield, thus forming a concrete seal for the front of the crypt. A marble slab is set in position against the shoulder 29', as a facing for the concrete seal 31 and marble shelves are placed in position between the slabs 32.

On the back of the metal shield 30 and on the inside of the crypt there is a vessel to receive volatilizable disinfecting material. From the vessel Sil a tube 35 is led through the plate 30, concrete 31 and slab 32 and is provided with a screw plug 36 on the outer side so that disinfecting material may be forced into the vessel and into the crypt at any time desired. The arrangement is such that a bulb or other suitable pressure device may be attached at the end of the tube 35 on which the screw plug fits so that the disinfecting material may be sprayed over into the interior of the crypt and its contents. This arrangement provides for a more thorough disinfecting of the crypt as the evaporation of the disinfectant will be increased.

It is to be understood that I do not wish to be limited to the exact details of construction as shown and described as it is obvious that various changes may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, what l claim is:

1. The combination with a crypt, of a disinfectant container mounted on the inside of a wall thereof and having an open top, and a duct leading from the outside of the crypt to a pointadjacent the open top of said container and arranged so that disinfectant material may either be supplied to said container or may be sprayed from the end of said duct over the interior of the crypt.

2. A crypt having a receiving opening, a closure for said opening, a disinfectant container mounted on the inside of said closure and having an opening near the top, and a tube leading from the outside of the crypt, through said closure to a point adjacent said opening at the top of said container and arranged so that disinfectant material may either be supplied to said container or may be sprayed from the end of said tube over the interior of the crypt.

In testimony whereof I aliX my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JAMES H. STEWART.

Witnesses:

LILLIAN E. MAGILL, FRANKLIN L. WRIGHT.

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